Sate Mak Syukur
A Padang satay legend dating back to 1941, serving thick yellow sauce with diamond-shaped rice cakes. A must-stop on the Bukittinggi–Padang road.
Mak Syukur began selling satay by the roadside in 1941 and opened its current shop in Padang Panjang in 1993, a business passed down through the family ever since. The beef satay uses top sirloin and short ribs, grilled over coconut-shell charcoal and topped with a thick yellow sauce simmered from turmeric, ginger, galangal and lemongrass. It is served with diamond-shaped rice cakes (ketupat) and crispy fried shallots on banana leaves. Other options include beef tongue and beef lung. The shop sells only satay, about 3,000 skewers a day at roughly IDR 5,000 per skewer. It sits along the Trans-Sumatra Highway, about 18 km from Bukittinggi, a 30–40 minute drive. The shop has no air conditioning.
Opening hours
Open daily, roughly daytime to evening (check the shop's posted hours)
Nearby sights
- Minangkabau Culture Documentation Center (PDIKM)
- Lembah Anai Waterfall
- Pandai Sikek
- Pariangan
- Mount Marapi
- Koto Gadang
- Great Wall of Koto Gadang
- Japanese Tunnels (Lobang Jepang)